Blunt statement in house encountered with sorrow (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
home truth
'blunt statement' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'house encountered with sorrow' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'encountered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'encounter').
'with sorrow' becomes 'ruth' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ho'+'met'+'ruth'='HOME TRUTH'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for home truth that I've seen before include "uncomfortable fact" , "Blunt statement" , "Unpleasant fact person is made to face about himself" , "Unpleasant fact told to someone about themselves" , "Wounding mention of another's weakness" .)